Best Practices »
In this section you will find articles discussing the foundational elements of coaching, particularly best practices. If you have articles describing best practices of coaching to submit, please visit the article submission page and follow the guidelines there. If you wish to sponsor this category, please visit the sponsor page. Thank you, and enjoy!
The Coaching Tool Chest
In this issue, we create a Coaching tool chest—a perennially open issue of coaching tools, approaches, perspectives, questions, etc
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Head-Heart-Gut Approach to Coaching
Why would I take a Head-Heart-Gut approach to coaching? Since the late 1990s I have used a holistic approach – coaching the entirety of my client with the entirety of my being, a “Head-Heart-Gut
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Coaching to the Head Winds and Tail Winds
An insightful metaphor regarding the extent to which we focus on the tail winds that move us forward toward desired goals and the head winds that push against us and slow down or hinder
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Putting Mindfulness in Motion to Help Clients Develop Healthier Relationships
As coaches, we often encounter vestiges of long-held patterns that continue to echo across our client’s stories and live in ways that limit their potential
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Personal and Organizational Coaching: Is there a Bridge?
During the 1970s, Paul Simon wrote a song about the “bridge over troubled waters.” There are obviously many kinds of troubled waters in our world today—some swirling around in our personal lives and others
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The Executive and the Unexamined Life
Experienced coaches who understand the value of inner work are all about unlocking your potential through inquiry, discussion, planning, and accountability
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Coaching in the Real World: One Size Does NOT Fit All
We are going to explore the contracting constructs, rules of engagement and process, and outcomes of each type of coaching engagement
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To Coach Is to Sell
As a coach, you often have to don several hats to perform multiple, sometimes disparate roles in order to bring about the results that your clients want to achieve
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Are Executive Coaches Too Nice?
The learning for coaches: When in doubt, err on the side of more challenge
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What is Mentor Coaching? A Perspective in Practice
This article aims to define Mentor Coaching and share best practices taking into consideration ICF standards and sharing our personal experiences and practices of six years mentor coaching more than 200 coaches in 15
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